稱

See also: 称

Translingual

Japanese	称
Simplified	称
Traditional	稱

Han character

稱 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月土月 (HDBGB), four-corner 2295₇, composition ⿰禾爯)

Derived characters

• 䕝, 𡚕

Related characters

• 称 (Simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 856, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25180
• Dae Jaweon: page 1282, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2619, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7A31

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Chinese

trad.		稱
simp.		称
alternative forms		穪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 稱
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (爯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
稱	*tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs
爯	*tʰjɯŋ
偁	*tʰjɯŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs) : semantic 禾 (“rice”) + phonetic 爯 (OC *tʰjɯŋ) – measure rice.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂n
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
    • Yale: chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng
    • Tâi-lô: tshing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen
    • MiniDict: tshen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhing

Rime
Character	稱
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	處陵切
Baxter	tsyhing
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiəŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰəŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	稱
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chēng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhing ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰəŋ/
English	weigh; evaluate; call
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	稱
Reading #	1/2
No.	1402
Phonetic component	爯
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	稱
Old Chinese	/*tʰjɯŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 稱

1. to weigh
2. to call; to name
3. to say; to state
4. to praise; to commend
5. to be called
6. name; address; appellation; designation
7. reputation; repute; standing

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 稱

1. to match; to fit

   稱心如意／称心如意  ―  chènxīnrúyì  ―  satisfactory

   相稱／相称  ―  xiàngchèn  ―  to match each other

2. balanced; suitable
3. (Mandarin, colloquial) to have (money or properties)
4. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 秤 (chèng, “steelyard”).

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	称
Kyūjitai	稱

Kanji

稱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 称)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 稱る); となえる (tonaeru, 稱える); たたえる (tataeru, 稱える); あげる (ageru, 稱げる)

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Korean

Hanja

稱 • (ching) (hangeul 칭, revised ching, McCune–Reischauer ch'ing, Yale ching)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 稱 (xưng, xứng)

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